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We wouldn’t recommend you do so as it could cause more problems. Sandboxes very rarely cause problems and should work fine. Usually, the issues with deploying occur if Kafka doesn’t work properly. A good way to check fo… --- ## [What is the use of the retryHandler() bean? What issues could arise if I disable it?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/what-is-the-use-of-the-retryhandler-bean-what-issues-could-arise-if-i-disable-it/38)
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This bean is required by the Durable Message Send feature - Broadleaf Dev Central If an error occurs, we use this RetryHandler to retry sending the message to Kafka. The message itself is stored in the “BLC\_NOTIFICATION… --- ## [I want to send only Push Notifications to my customers and disable email notifications. How do I achieve this?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/i-want-to-send-only-push-notifications-to-my-customers-and-disable-email-notifications-how-do-i-achieve-this/37)
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CartOperationServices sends out a checkout completion notification when a cart finishes going through checkout. NotificationServices listens for this message in com.broadleafcommerce.notification.service.messaging.Notifi… --- ## [How do I disable the default email Push notification? I am seeing the HTML email log messages](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/how-do-i-disable-the-default-email-push-notification-i-am-seeing-the-html-email-log-messages/36)
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When using the default logging message sender, you should see this notification on code startup: Using LoggingMessageSender: Do not use in production! These logs can (and in production should) be disabled by setting th… --- ## [How do I generate an extension component for BulkOps?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/how-do-i-generate-an-extension-component-for-bulkops/35)
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If the component level node for bulkops is set to true for the enabled property in the manifest.yml, then it will get a component module as well. This is easily demonstrated with a granular manifest download from start.b… --- ## [How does Broadleaf identify that a new route/endpoint is added to the code (not default broadleaf one)?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/how-does-broadleaf-identify-that-a-new-route-endpoint-is-added-to-the-code-not-default-broadleaf-one/33)
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For example if I want to add a new endpoint to notification service, how do I make sure it is registered and working? And if I want to address this route from another service for access\_token fetching, how do I achieve t… --- ## [Could you please share more details about what the fields trk\_archived, trk\_change\_details and trk\_tenant\_id are for?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/could-you-please-share-more-details-about-what-the-fields-trk-archived-trk-change-details-and-trk-tenant-id-are-for/32)
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These fields are obtained from the ContextInfo. It contains the information about the API request. The very important part to support the multi-tenancy is a ContextRequest. It contains such information as tenantId, catal… --- ## [I am noticing an unusually long boot up time when using Granular flex package to run the stack locally. I am running the stack via Docker containers and haven't modified anything in the docker image. Why is this happening?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/i-am-noticing-an-unusually-long-boot-up-time-when-using-granular-flex-package-to-run-the-stack-locally-i-am-running-the-stack-via-docker-containers-and-havent-modified-anything-in-the-docker-image-why-is-this-happening/31)
**Author:** [@broadleaf-moderator](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/u/broadleaf-moderator)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/i-am-noticing-an-unusually-long-boot-up-time-when-using-granular-flex-package-to-run-the-stack-locally-i-am-running-the-stack-via-docker-containers-and-havent-modified-anything-in-the-docker-image-why-is-this-happening/31 "2024-11-26T18:13:16Z")
We have seen issues when running the stack locally via Docker as it could not have enough memory allocated. To run all the granular microservices locally takes A LOT of RAM. These are the Docker config recommendations fo… --- ## [Could you share some information about the percentage of clients which use Granular infrastructure and ones of Balanced infra. We are deciding what infrastructure to use?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/could-you-share-some-information-about-the-percentage-of-clients-which-use-granular-infrastructure-and-ones-of-balanced-infra-we-are-deciding-what-infrastructure-to-use/30)
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Most of our clients use the Balanced flex package, and only some use Granular. The Balanced flex package is the recommended starting composition for most enterprise clients. You can find more in our documentation: Scala… --- ## [How does the frontend funnel requests to a particular flex package in the backend when a new endpoint is added?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/how-does-the-frontend-funnel-requests-to-a-particular-flex-package-in-the-backend-when-a-new-endpoint-is-added/29)
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The customized endpoint already exists in an extended/customized library component, which is part of a flexPackage (depends on your manifest configuration). The fact that you extended that endpoint does not alter the gat… --- ## [Based on the documentation, I feel that if we get rid of addition abstraction layer flex package and deal with microservices one by one we could have more easily implement code. Do you recommend that?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/based-on-the-documentation-i-feel-that-if-we-get-rid-of-addition-abstraction-layer-flex-package-and-deal-with-microservices-one-by-one-we-could-have-more-easily-implement-code-do-you-recommend-that/28)
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The flex packages concept doesn’t impact the code implementation complexity. Working with flex packages is a structural, configuration concern. Therefore it impacts DevOps concerns rather than code/implementation ones. M… --- ## [It seems a bit complicated to generate new \*\*Component for each microservice we plan to modify. Can we just write our business logic right inside for example Browse flex package?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/it-seems-a-bit-complicated-to-generate-new-component-for-each-microservice-we-plan-to-modify-can-we-just-write-our-business-logic-right-inside-for-example-browse-flex-package/27)
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The flex packages are meant for grouping microservices that are deployed together in the same runtime. Routing and datasource semantics allow them to live together without violating the bounded context required by micros… --- ## [What is the right flex package configuration for me?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/what-is-the-right-flex-package-configuration-for-me/26)
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We recommend the Balanced flex package in most cases because in this configuration, the request/response traffic flows are segregated from the batch jobs and they have different threads and CPUs. This strategy helps in k… --- ## [What is the microservice-flexpackage-manifest dependency?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/what-is-the-microservice-flexpackage-manifest-dependency/25)
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When a granular starter is downloaded from start.broadleafcommerce.com and any library component in the manifest file is enabled for customization, a library component for override functionality is generated which contai… --- ## [What is the granular flex package?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/what-is-the-granular-flex-package/24)
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Granular mode refers to running each microservice in its own deployment container. A typical production instance would be running multiple containers per service for high availability. Since our suite consists of many mi… --- ## [What is a flex package?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/what-is-a-flex-package/23)
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Broadleaf envisions a flex package as a tool to optimize performance and deployment costs. It provides you different methods of structuring and deploying your application based on your specific needs. More information ca… --- ## [How can I write tests against my custom code?](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/t/how-can-i-write-tests-against-my-custom-code/22)
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Broadleaf provides its own internal tests via java jars: Broadleaf Dev Central. Here you can find many examples of tests to use as starting points. Broadleaf also has a public Github repo that has examples of extensibil… [Previous page](https://forums.broadleafcommerce.com/latest.md)